ILTEXAS LANCASTER MIDDLE

ILTEXAS LANCASTER MIDDLE is a compact middle school in LANCASTER, Texas, run under INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF TEXAS (ILTEXAS). The school educates 379 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so ILTEXAS LANCASTER MIDDLE sits 41% below that benchmark.

INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF TEXAS (ILTEXAS) comprises 44 schools with combined enrollment of 25,497 students; ILTEXAS LANCASTER MIDDLE is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, ILTEXAS LANCASTER MIDDLE records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 58% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 36% Black, 3% multiracial, 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 41% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, ILTEXAS LANCASTER MIDDLE has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. About 84% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, ILTEXAS LANCASTER MIDDLE is in the bottom 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 37.2%; ILTEXAS LANCASTER MIDDLE posts 16.3%, -21.0 points below that line.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Dallas County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $76,547 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. ILTEXAS LANCASTER MIDDLE is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students).

The closest other public school is ILTEXAS LANCASTER EL, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ILTEXAS LANCASTER MIDDLE. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ILTEXAS LANCASTER MIDDLE at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 30.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area. As a public charter, ILTEXAS LANCASTER MIDDLE runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 376 students in 2018 compared to 379 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 60% to 36% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 18.3:1 today.

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